Revealed: Savannah Graziano, 15, shot by sheriff’s deputies in 2022 while unarmed and following instructions to move toward them
On 27 September 2022, San Bernardino county sheriff’s deputies were searching for Savannah Graziano, who was feared abducted by her father Anthony Graziano after he had fatally shot her mother the day before.
The search for Savannah started on 26 September 2022, when her father, say officials, shot and killed her mother and shot at a father and his child outside a school in nearby Fontana. Authorities that day issued an Amber alert for Savannah, saying she was suspected “abducted/taken” by her father. The footage released on Friday is the first to shed light on what happened next. Filmed by a California highway patrol helicopter, it captures Anthony Graziano speeding through traffic and deputies reaching him after he attempted to drive up an embankment, but lost traction.
He then says: “Hey! Stop! Stop shooting her! He’s in the car!” At least four shots can be heard in the background after he said to stop. The sheriff’s statement describing that audio said: “You can hear calling her over and telling other deputies that the person who exited the truck was the passenger and for them to stop firing, but it was too late.”
In the video, the police response appeared disorganized, he said, and it sounded as if at least one deputy who was calling Savannah was trying to protect her: “You can tell he was really trying to save her, so it’s just unfortunate that there was some kind of miscommunication. He clearly knew it was Savannah, so what is the difference between him and the others?”
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